27 abr. 2007

The National Institute of Health has announced that it will no longer be using rats for medical experiments. In their place, they will use lawyers. They have given three reasons for this decision:1. There are now more lawyers than there are rats.2. The medical researchers don't become as emotionally attached to the lawyers as they did to the rats.3. No matter how hard you try, there are some things that rats won't do.

19 abr. 2007

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's celebrity polar bear cub Knut has received an anonymous death threat, causing alarm at Berlin Zoo on Thursday and prompting heightened security."We were contacted by the zoo about a (threatening) letter it had received," said a police spokeswoman, adding officers had investigated but they did not believe it was serious.Top-selling Bild newspaper said the zoo had received a hand-written fax from a suspected animal hater with the words: "Knut is dead! Thursday midday."It also said the zoo had trebled the number of minders to 15 responsible for the safety of media star Knut, who has been on newspaper front pages and news shows across Germany and around the world for weeks."Death threat, police protection for Knut!" Bild wrote in bold letters on page one above a picture of the sad-looking polar bear cub peering out from behind a tree branch.Bild also published a picture of a security guard in civilian clothes guarding Knut from behind a rock.Thousands of fans, including many children, visit the zoo every day to see Knut on his twice daily excursions into an outside enclosure with his bearded keeper Thomas Doerflein.The keeper has slept in Knut's cage, played with him and fed him porridge since the cub's mother rejected him at birth.Knut, who now has his own brand, won global attention after questions were raised about hand-rearing polar bears. Some animal rights campaigners were interpreted calling for him to be put down rather than raised by humans.The ordeal for the four-and-a-half-month old cub comes just three days after officials cut short his daily show due to a fever. Vets reassured a concerned public he was suffering from teething pains and his swollen cheek was nothing to worry about.No one at the zoo was immediately available to comment

16 abr. 2007

Where is the moment when needed the mostYou kick up the leaves and the magic is lostThey tell me your blue skies fade to greyThey tell me your passion's gone awayAnd I don't need no carryin' onYou stand in the line just to hit a new lowYou're faking a smile with the coffee to goYou tell me your life's been way off lineYou're falling to pieces everytimeAnd I don't need no carryin' onCause you had a bad dayYou're taking one downYou sing a sad song just to turn it aroundYou say you don't knowYou tell me don't lieYou work at a smile and you go for a rideYou had a bad dayThe camera don't lieYou're coming back down and you really don't mindYou had a bad dayYou had a bad dayWell you need a blue sky holidayThe point is they laugh at what you sayAnd I don't need no carryin' onYou had a bad dayYou're taking one downYou sing a sad song just to turn it aroundYou say you don't knowYou tell me don't lieYou work at a smile and you go for a rideYou had a bad dayThe camera don't lieYou're coming back down and you really don't mindYou had a bad day(Oh.. Holiday..)Sometimes the system goes on the blinkAnd the whole thing turns out wrongYou might not make it back and you knowThat you could be well oh that strongAnd I'm not wrong(yeah...)So where is the passion when you need it the mostOh you and IYou kick up the leaves and the magic is lostCause you had a bad dayYou're taking one downYou sing a sad song just to turn it aroundYou say you don't knowYou tell me don't lieYou work at a smile and you go for a rideYou had a bad dayYou've seen what you likeAnd how does it feel for one more timeYou had a bad dayYou had a bad day